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Performance-based probation funding is more effective
Criminal Justice June 3, 2019
Commentary
$5.2 Trillion Of Government Pension Debt Threatens To Overwhelm State Budgets, Taxpayers
Taxes & Spending May 31, 2019
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Academically Disinclined and Forgotten?
K-12 Education May 31, 2019
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Typhoid Fever, Typhus & Tuberculosis: Are L.A.’s Medieval Diseases Coming To Your City?
Economy June 4, 2019The Latest
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91% of Texans Oppose Taxpayer Funded Lobbying
Local Government May 16, 2019
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TPPF Language Included in Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
Family May 14, 2019
Testimony
HB 1545: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Sunset Bill Amendment 12: “Beer-to-Go”
Economy May 13, 2019
Testimony
HB 1469 Analysis: Strengthening Career and Technical Education in High Schools
Higher Education May 10, 2019
Commentary
Logic Doesn’t Care About Your Virtue-Signaling
Energy & Environment May 10, 2019
Research
Texas Legislature’s Path to a Conservative Texas Budget and Real Cuts to Property Taxes
Taxes & Spending May 10, 2019
Press Release
TPPF: HB 769 Will Limit Excessive Superintendent Severance Packages
K-12 Education May 9, 2019
Press Release
TPPF Applauds House Passage of HB 297 Which Will Eliminate Burdensome M&O Property Tax
Economy May 9, 2019
Testimony
HB 3143 Increasing Public Participation in the Chapter 312 Tax Abatement Process
Energy & Environment May 9, 2019
Press Release
TPPF: The Use of Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Union Costs Undermines Free-Speech Rights
Economy May 9, 2019
Research
Vindicating Texans’ Free Speech Rights Under Janus
Economy May 9, 2019
Testimony